After a series of events beginning with the challenge of Tennessee execution procedures in a Nashville court, a ruling by a Nashville judge those procedures were unconstitutional, and a subsequent modification to those procedures which would permit the execution to move forward, a ruling by the Tennessee Supreme Court permitting the executions to move forward and finally the reconsideration by the Tennessee Supreme Court to allow the criminal defense attorneys for the death row inmates an opportunity to rebut the constitutionality of the modified execution procedures.

The execution for Stephen Michael West was previously scheduled for Tuesday, November 30th at 10:00 p.m. Mr. West’s, as well as three other executions are stayed pending the hearings at the trial court level in Nashville.

The Order issued by the Tennessee Supreme Court staying Mr. West’s execution can be found here.

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